Portal:University of Oxford/On this day/August 30

Births

• 1804 – George Legh (Christ Church), politician
• 1833 – Horace Davey, Baron Davey (University), barrister and judge
• 1855 – William Paton Ker (Balliol and All Souls), Scottish poet and literary scholar
• 1858 – William Hayter (Brasenose), Dean of Gibraltar 1913–20
• 1884 – Robert Hay (St John's), Bishop of Buckingham 1944–60
• 1896 – Raymond Massey (Balliol), Canadian-American actor
• 1906 – Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford (Lady Margaret Hall), author
• 1913 – Thomas Torrance (Oriel), theologian
• 1917 – Denis Healey (Balliol), Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974–79
• 1922 – J Duncan M Derrett (Jesus), legal academic
• 1924 – Sir Peter Parker (Lincoln), Chairman of the British Railways Board 1976–83
• 1930 – Sir Stephen Tumim (Worcester and St Edmund Hall), Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons 1987–95 and Principal of St Edmund Hall 1996–98
• 1936 – Sir Peter North (Keble and Jesus), legal academic and Principal of Jesus 1984–2005
• 1942 – Jonathan Aitken (Christ Church), Conservative politician
• 1944 – Frances Cairncross (St Anne's and Exeter), economist and Rector of Exeter since 2004

Deaths

• 1717 – William Lloyd (Oriel and Jesus), Bishop of St Asaph 1680–92, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1692˜–99 and Bishop of Worcester 1699–1717
• 1904 – George Ridding (Balliol and Exeter), Bishop of Southwell 1884–1904
• 1906 – George Repton, politician
• 1912 – Decimus Govett (Wadham), Dean of Gibraltar 1905–12
• 1914 – Ernst Stadler (Magdalen), German poet
• 1917 – Francis McLaren (Balliol), politician and First World War pilot
• 1932 – Conway Rees (Jesus), Welsh rugby union international
• 1968 – Charles Bean (Hertford), Australian war correspondent and historian
• 1977 – Sir Ronald Howe (Christ Church), Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 1953–57
• 1994 – Lindsay Anderson (Wadham and Magdalen), film and documentary director
• 2004 – Derek Johnson (Lincoln), Olympic athlete
• 2010 – Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (Christ Church), Attorney General for England and Wales 1992–97
• 2015 – Oliver Sacks (Queen's), neurologist and author